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Mark Allen M
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Interesting view.

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Great pic, thanks for posting
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Agreed.

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It looks like the top, lead plane on the right may have had a couple of bombs somehow collide and start burning/smoking. Just my best guess on what is shown. Over to bomber veterans and experts.

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Randy, those are smoke markers being dropped by the lead plane, indicating to the other planes to release their bombs. They started doing this later in the war for better spread and accuracy on their targets.

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Randy Wilson wrote:
It looks like the top, lead plane on the right may have had a couple of bombs somehow collide and start burning/smoking. Just my best guess on what is shown. Over to bomber veterans and experts.

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I believe those are Smoke Markers.
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If you look closely you'll see the stacks of bombs dropping slightly behind the smoke trails.

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490th BG pulling of Misburg, 20 June 1944.

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1944 WWII 15th USAAF, 97th BG Aircraft Photo #6, B-17 airplane, bombs hit.

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1944 WWII 15th USAAF, 97th BG Aircraft Photo #3, B-17 airplanes heavy flak.

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381st Bomb Group B-17 Raid Over Bremen 1944.

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Dennis and Mike - I had not considered that. Thanks for putting me straight. Always a bet when you guess. Just a later-day WW2 fighter pilot, you know. Randy
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Mark Allen M wrote:
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381st Bomb Group B-17 Raid Over Bremen 1944.

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1944 WWII 15th USAAF, 97th BG Aircraft Photo #8, B-17's

How we really won the war in Europe - Chemtrails, which also explains things in Europe. J/K!!! :axe:

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Thanks for posting Mark. My father-in-law flew with the 483rd BG that cohabitated with the 97th BG
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